Reader shares online health care experience

1:47 PM,
Nov. 22, 2013

Written by

Barbara McCampbell, Asheville

As someone who has completed the application and enrollment process on the Affordable Care Act website, www.healthcare.gov, I'd like to share my experience in order to help others. First, most states with Republican legislatures, like North Carolina, have refused to expand Medicaid and provide a state-run health insurance marketplace, despite the availability of federal funding. This not only has contributed to a bottleneck on the federal website, but it has eliminated competition and driven up premiums. Contrary to all the fuss about the healthcare.gov website, I found it to be ...